What is it we actually do?
Some industries appear shrouded in mystery to the public at large and ‘what is it you actually do?’ is a common question we hear as a chartered wealth management company – as no doubt do many others in various professions.
We offer various services, but the biggest by some margin is looking after the wealth...
Happy 70th anniversary Your Majesty
The nation will be celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II from tomorrow (Thursday) with a four-day bank holiday weekend so we thought it might be interesting to compare the financial situation in the 70 years between then and now.
Her Majesty actually ascended the throne on 6 February 1952 but did not wish...
It’s never too late – until it is
Sadly, we all die. Some leave their financial affairs in an organised state, but most don’t and some are in an atrocious condition.
This causes awful troubles and stresses for their nearest and dearest and if the wrong sort of professional executor is engaged, it can cost an arm and a leg to resolve...
Economy chokes on the ‘pig’ of inflation
There is a colossal ‘pig in the python’ at the moment as the UK is experiencing its highest rate of inflation in 30 years.
The Office for National Statistics has announced that rates rose to seven per cent in March, leaving households faced with increased prices for food, fuel, energy bills – pretty much everything.
Unfortunately,...
Energy price hike – what can you do?
Anxious energy customers crashed the websites of major suppliers on Thursday as they rushed to avoid a huge price hike.
Those on variable direct debits had been urged by money experts to take a meter reading on March 31 during what has been coined as ‘National Meter Reading Day’.
This is because the energy price cap...